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PUBLICATIONS

BOOKS


Archaeoastronomy in Pre-Columbian America (Editor) 1975. Austin, University of Texas Press.

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Native American Astronomy (Editor) 1977. Austin, University of Texas Press, (Spanish Translation: 1980, Astronomia en la America Antigua (Siglo XXI, Mexico City).

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Skywatchers of Ancient Mexico, 1980. Austin, University of Texas Press. Second edition 1991, Third Edition 1996.

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Ethnoastronomy and Archaeoastronomy in the American Tropics (Editor) with G. Urton, 1982. Ann. NY Acad. Sci., Vol. 385.

Archaeoastronomy in the New World (Editor), 1982. Cambridge University Press.

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Calendars in Mesoamerica and Peru. Native Computations of Time (Editor) with G. Brotherston. British Archaeological Reports - International Series, No.174, 1983.

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World Archaeoastronomy (Editor). Cambridge University Press, 1988.

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The Lines of Nazca (Editor). Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1990

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Empires of Time, New York: Basic Books (Harper & Row) 1989; British reissue (I.B. Tauris) 2000; Revised Edition 2002 (University Press of Colorado).

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Observadores del Cielo en El Mexico Antiguo, Mexico City: Fondo de Cultura Economica, 397 pages. (Spanish translation of Skywatchers of Ancient Mexico, updated.) 1991; second edition 1997; revised and updated edition, 2005.

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The Sky in Mayan Literature. (NY: Oxford) 400 pages, plus Introduction and contributed article. 1992 

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Conversing with the Planets: How Science & Myth Invented the Cosmos. (Times, Random House 1992; Kodansha 1993, Univ. Press of Colorado 2003) 277 pages, Nominated for Pulitzer Prize. 1992. Conversando Com os Planetas, Mercuryo, Lisbon 94 (Portuguese). Also translated into Polish, Korean and Chinese; Revised Edition 2002 (University Press of Colorado).

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Rhythmen Des Lebens. Stuttgart Klett-Cotta. (German translation of Empires of Time.) 1992 (also translated into polish and Russian).

Ancient Astronomers, Smithsonian, 1993.

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"Gli Imperi del Tempo, Calendari, Orologi e Culture" Italian Translation of Empires of Time w/new Preface, 1993, Edizioni Dedalo, Bari.

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Behind the Crystal Ball: Magic, Science and the Occult from Antiquity Through the New Age, Times, 1996. (Also translated into Polish, Korean, Russian, British); Revised Edition 2002 (University Press of Colorado).

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Stairways to the Stars: Skywatching in Three Great Ancient Cultures, Wiley, 1997.

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Between the Lines: The Mystery of the Giant Ground Drawings of Ancient Nasca, Peru, University of Texas Press, 1999.

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Nasca: Eighth Wonder of the World, British Museum Press, 2000. (displayed in authors' case of the British Museum).

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Skywatchers: A Revised and Updated Version of Skywatchers of Ancient Mexico, University of Texas Press, 2001.

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The Oxford Encyclopedia of Mesoamerican Culture, Associate Editor, D. Carrasco, Editor in Chief, Oxford University Press, 2001.

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The Book of the Year: A Brief History of Our Seasonal Holidays, Oxford University Press, 2002.

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The Madrid Codex: New Approaches to Understanding an Ancient Maya Manuscript (ed. with Gabrielle Vail), University Press of Colorado, 2004. 

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The First Americans: Where They Came From and Who They Became, Scholastic NY, 2005

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Uncommon Sense: Understanding Nature’s Truths Across Time and Culture, University Press of Colorado, 2006

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People and the Sky: Our Ancestors and the Cosmos, Thames & Hudson, 2008

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Foundations of New World Cultural Astronomy: A Reader with Commentary, (Editor) University Press of Colorado, 2008

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The End of Time: The Maya Mystery of 2012, University Press of Colorado, 2009

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Circling the Square: How the Conquest Altered the Shape of Time in Mesoamerica. American Philosophical Society, 2013

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Buried Beneath Us: Discovering the Ancient Cities of the Americas, Roaring Brook Press, 2013

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Class Not Dismissed: Reflections on Undergraduate Education and Teaching in the Liberal Arts, University Press of Colorado, 2014

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The Measure and Meaning of Time in Mesoamerica and the Andes, Washington: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 2015 

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Apocalyptic Anxiety: Religion, Science, and America’s Obsession with the End of the World, University Press of Colorado, 2016 


In the Shadow of the Moon: The Science, Magic, and Mystery of Solar Eclipses, Yale University Press, 2017

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Star Stories: Constellations and People, Yale University Press, 2019

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Creation Stories, Landscapes and the Human Imagination, Yale University Press, 2021

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ARTICLES

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"Middle Devonian Lunar Month" Science 151, 1221-2, 1966.


"The Effect of Emission Upon the B-B Colors of T Tauri Objects", Astrophys. J. 144, 666, 1966 (Dissertation).

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Catalog of Emission Lines in Astrophysical Objects (with A.B. Meinel and M.W. Stockton), University of Arizona Press, 1968.

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"Observational Studies Relating to Star Formation I" (with J.H. Hunter), Astron. J. 72, 1019, 1968.

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"Observational Studies Relating to Star Formation II" (with J.H. Hunter), Astron. J. 74, 1021, 1968.

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"Observational Studies Relating to Star Formation III" (with J.H. Hunter), Astron. J. 77, 17-23, 1972.

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"Astronomical Tables Designed for Use in Astroarchaeology" American Antiquity 37, 531-540, 1972.

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"Monte Alban, Mound J: Possible Astronomical Orientation" (with R.M. Linsley), American Antiquity 37, 528-530, 1972.

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"The Caracol of Chichén Itzá, an Ancient Astronomical Observatory" (with S.L. Gibbs and H. Hartung), Science 188, 977-985, 1975 (COVER).

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"Possible Astronomical Orientations in Ancient Mesoamerica" in Archaeoastronomy in Pre- Columbian America (ed. A. Aveni), Austin, U. of Texas Press, 1975.

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"Investigacion preliminar de las orientaciones astronomicas de Copan" with H. Hartung), Yaxkin, vol. I, no. 3, pp.8-13, 1976.

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"On the Orientation of Pre-Columbian Buildings in Central Mexico" (with S.L. Gibbs), American Antiquity 41, pp.510-517, 1976.

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"Concepts of Positional Astronomy Employed in Ancient Mesoamerican Architecture" in Native American Astronomy (ed. A. Aveni), Austin: U. of Texas Press, pp.3-20, 1977.

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Introduction, Native American Astronomy (ed. A. Aveni), Austin: U. of Texas Press, 1977. "Three Round Towers in the Yucatan Peninsula", Interciencia 3: 136-143, 1978. 

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"Astronomy in Ancient Mesoamerica" in In Search of Ancient Astronomies (ed. E. Krupp), NY: Doubleday, pp.165-202, 1978.

(American Association for the Advancement of Science Book-of-the-Year, 1978. British Edition 1980: German Edition, C.H. Beck'sche Verlag, pp.169-202, 1980, Also McGraw Hill Paperback.)

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A Selected Bibliography on Native American Astronomy (with B.A. Collea), Colgate University, 1978. Addendum with M. Wyzga, 1981.

Introduction, Crystals in the Sky: An Odyssey into Chumash Astronomy and Cosmology by T. Hudson and E. Underhay, Socorro, NM: Balena Press, 1978.

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"Old-New World Naked Eye Astronomy" Technology Review 81, 60-73, 1978 (COVER).

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"The Cross Petroglyph: An Ancient Mesoamerican Astronomical/ Calendrical Symbol" (with H. Hartung), Indiana 6, 37-54, 1979.

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"The Pecked Cross Symbol in Ancient Mesoamerica" (with H. Hartung and B. Buckingham), Science 202, 267-279, 1978 (COVER).

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"Some Hypotheses about Building Orientation at Palenque" (with H. Hartung), Tercera Mesa Redonda de Palenque, Vol. IV (ed. Merle Greene Robertson), Monterey, CA: Herald, pp.173-178, 1979. (Spanish Translation: "Sugerencias sobre la disposicion de los Edificios de Palenque", Govt. of Chiapas Publication.)

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"Los observatorios astronomicos en Chichén Itzá, Mayapan, y Paalmul" (with H. Hartung), Boletin Escuela Ciencias y Antropologia de la Univ. de Yucatan 6, No.32, 2-13, 1979 (COVER).

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"Venus and the Maya" American Scientist 67, 274-285, 1979. (Spanish Translation: Correo de los Andes, Tomo I, Bogota.)

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"Astronomische observatorien im noerdlichen Maya-Bebeit" (with H. Hartung), Sterne und Weltraum 18, 196-201, 1979 (COVER).

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"Old-New World Naked Eye Astronomy" in Astronomy of the Ancients (ed. K. Brecher), Cambridge, MIT Press, pp.61-90, 1979. 

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"The Observation of the Sun at the Time of Passage through the Zenith in Mesoamerica" (with H. Hartung), Archaeoast. Suppl. to Journal for History of Astronomy 12 (No.3), S51-S70, 1980 (COVER).

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"Tropical Archaeoastronomy" Science 213, 161-171, 1981 (COVER). "Tropical Archaeoastronomy" Newsletter Ast. Soc. N.Y. 1, No.10, 5-22, 1981.

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"Archaeoastronomy in the Maya Region: A Review of the Past Decade" Archaeoastronomy: J.H.A. Suppl. 12 (No.3), S1-S16, 1981.

"Archaeoastronomy", Adv. Arch'l Meth. & Theory 4: 1-77, 1981.

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"Horizon Astronomy in Incaic Cuzco" in Archaeoastronomy in the Americas, (ed. R. Williamson), Los Altos, CA: Ballena Press, pp. 305-318, 1982. (Short version in Lateinamerika Studien 10, 185- 193, 1982.

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"Archaeoastronomy Today" in Archaeoastronomy in the Americas (ed. R. Williamson), Los Altos, CA: Ballena Press, pp.25-28, 1982.

Introduction, Ethnoastronomy and Archaeoastronomy in the American Tropics (eds. A. Aveni and G. Urton), NY: New York Academy of Sciences, Vol. 385, 1982.

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Introduction, Archaeoastronomy in the New World (ed. A. Aveni), Cambridge University Press, pp. vii-ix, 1982.

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"Archaeoastronomy in the Maya Region -- A Review of the Past Decade" in Archaeoastronomy in the New World (ed. A. Aveni), Cambridge University Press, pp.1-30, 1982.

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"The 2 Cib 14 Mol Event in the Palenque Inscriptions" (with D. Dutting and M. Schramm), Max Planck Inst., Zeitschrift fur Ethnologie 107: 233-258, 1983.

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"Alta Vista, Mesoamerican Outpost at the Tropic of Cancer: The Astronomical Implications" (with H. Hartung and J.C. Kelley), American Antiquity 47, 316, 1982.
(Spanish version: Interciencia 7, 200-210.)

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"L'astronomie Maya" (French), La Recherche (Paris) 13, 516-582, 1982. 

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"El Palacio del Gobernador en Uxmal: Su trazo orientacion y referencia astronomica" Bol. de la Escuela Ciencias Antropologicas de la Univ. de Yucatan (Merida) 9, No.52, pp.3-11, 1982 (with H. Hartung) (COVER).

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"New Observations of the Pecked Cross Petroglyph" (with H. Hartung) (Paper read at XLIII I.C.A., Vancouver Meeting, 1979 August) (Lateinamerika Studien (Stuttgart) 10, 25-42, 1982).

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"Space and Time in the Cosmovision of Mesoamerica -- An Overview", Invited Summary of Session on Cosmovision at XLIII I.C.A., Vancouver Meeting, 1979 August (Lateinamerika Studien (Stuttgart) 10, 11-14, 1982).

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"Why I Teach?" CASE Currents 8, No.8, 12-15, 1982.

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"Astronomical Orientations at the Fatherland Site" in The Grand Village of Natchez Revisited by R.S. Neitzel, Mississippi Dept. of Archives & Histor. Archaeol. Report No.12, p.176).

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"The View from the Tropics" in Archaeoast. & the Roots of Science, ed. E. Krupp, AAAS Selected Symposium #71, Boulder, Westview, 1984.

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"Archaeoastronomical Fieldwork on the Coast of Peru" (with G. Urton), British Archaeological Reports International Series #174, pp.221-234, 1983.

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"The Planet Venus and the Temple of Venus (Temple 22) at Copan" (with M. Closs and B. Crowley) Indiana 9: 221-247, 1984 (Berlin).

"Native American Astronomy" Physics Today 37: 24-32, 1984.


(Spanish Translation: "Arqueoastronomia: Una Nueva Disciplina", Ciencia y Desarrollo No.58, Ano 10, pp.110-118, 1984.

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"Las Cruces Punteadas en Mesoamerica: Version Actualizada", with H. Hartung, Cuadernos de Arqt. Mex., No.4, pp. 3-13, 1985.

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"The Unwritten Calendar" in The World & I, No.7, pp. 198-205, 1986.


"The Nazca Lines: Patterns in the Desert" in Archaeology 39 : 32-39, 1986. "Archaeoastronomy: Past, Present & Future" in Sky & Telescope 72(5): 456-460, 1986.

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"Some Parallels in the Development of Maya and Roman Calendars" Interciencia 12: 108-115, 1987. 

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"Non-Western Notational Frameworks & the Role of Anthropology in Re-Defining Literacy" in Toward a New Understanding of Literacy, edited by M. Wrolstad & D. Fisher, Praeger Press, pp. 252-280, 1983.

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"Maya City Planning & the Calendar" (with H. Hartung), Trans. Am. Phil Soc., Vol. 76, Part 7, 87 pps., 1986.

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"Archaeoastronomical Research in Veneto-Friuli, Italy (with G. Romano), Archaeoastronomy Bulletin xvii: 23-31, 1986.

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"Astronomy Observations of Five Megalithic Tombs at Madau, near Fohni in Sardinia" (with E. Proverbio and E. Romano), Archaeoastronomy JHA 18 S55-S65, 1987.

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"Possible Astronomical References in the Urbanistic Design of Alatri, Lazio, Italy" (tr. Fr. D. Capone). Archaeoast. Bull., 8 (No.1): 12-15, 1987.

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"Archaeoastronomy in the SW U.S.: A Neighbor's Eye View", in Astronomy & Ceremony in the Prehistoric SW, edited by J.B. Carlson & W.J. Judge, Albuquerque: Papers of the Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, No.2, pp. 9-23, 1987.

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"Some Parallels in the Development of Maya and Roman Calendars", Interciencia 12 (No.3): 108- 115, 1987.

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"The Thom Paradigm in the Americas: The Case of the Cross-Circle Designs", in Records in Stone: Papers in Memory of Alexander Thom, edited by C.L.N. Ruggles, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp.442-472, 1987.

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"L'Archaeoastronomia: Scopi, Ricerche, Risultati", Giornale di Astronomia 1-2: pp.15-18, 1987.

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"Whither Archaeoastronomy?", In World Archaeoastronomy, Ed. A. Aveni, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 3-12, 1988.

Preface, World Archaeoastronomy. Ed. A. Aveni. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp.xi- xiii, 1988.

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"Uaxactun, Guatemala, Group E & Similar Assemblages: An Archaeoastronomical Reconsideration", in World Archaeoastronomy, Ed. A. Aveni, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1988. 

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"Myth, Environment, & the Orientation of the Templo Mayor", American Antiquity 53 (2), 287- 309, 1988.

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"Astronomical Orientations of Five Megalithic Tombs at Madau, Near Fonni in Sardinia", Suppl. Jour. Hist. Ast. No.11, Suppl. to Vol.181, pp.S35-S65 (with G. Romano and E. Proverbio).

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"Archaeoastronomy and Its Components" in Transformations of Myth through Time, ed. D. Eisenberg et al (NY: Harcourt Brace), pp 108-111, 1990.

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"Pecked Cross Petroglyphs at Xihuingo", Archast Suppl JHA No. 14, Suppl to Vol 20, pp S74- S115, 1989.

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"Order in the Nazca Lines" in The Lines of Nazca, ed. A. Aveni (Phila: Am Phil Soc), pp 41-113, 1990.

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"An Assessment of Previous Studies of the Nazca Lines" in The Lines of Nazca, ed. A. Aveni (Phila: Am Phil Soc), pp 1-40, 1990.

Preface and Introduction in The Lines of Nazca, pp i-vi.

Epilogue in The Lines of Nazca, pp 286-290.

The Role of Astronomical Orientation in the Delineation of World View: A Center & Periphery Model" in The Imagination of Matter: Aztec Cosmology & World View, ed. D. Carrasco (Oxford: BAR), pp 85-102, 1989.

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"Archaeoastronomy & the Puuc Sites" in Arqueoastronomia y Etnoastromia en Mesoamerica, ed. J. Broda et.al., Mexico: UNAM, pp 65-95, 1991.

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"Evolution of the Maya Solar Orientation Calendar" in Colloquio Internazionale Archeologia e Astronomia, Venezia (Italy), 3-6 Mag. 1989. Suppl. No. 9 alla Revista di Archeologia, M. Fano Santi, ed., Roma G. Bretschneider, pp 15-22, 1991.

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"Astronomical Orientations of Monte d'Accoddi" (Sassari, Sardinia), with E. Proverbio & G. Romano, ibid, pp 38-41, 1991.

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"Astronomical Orientation of Tombe dei Giganti" (with E. Proverbio and G. Romano) ibid, pp 52- 59, 1991. 

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"Las Lineas de Nazca: Una Nueva Sintesis de datos de la Pampa y los Valles", with H. Silverman, Revista Andina (Peru) 9(2), pp 367-392, 1991.

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"Observaciones Sobre el Planeamiento de Teotihuacan: El Punto Llamado Trazo Cuadricular y las Orientaciones a los Puntos Cardinales" with H. Hartung (Mexico), Cuadernos de Arquitectura Mesoamerica, No. 13, pp 23-26, 1991.

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"Observaciones Sobre el Planemiento de Teotihuacán: El Lllamado Trazo Cuadricular y las Orientaciónes a los Puntos Cardinales" (w/ H. Hartung), Cuadernos de Arquitectura Mesoamericama 13: 23-26, 1991.

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"Somebody Else's Cosmology" in Mysteries of Life in the Universe, ed. W.H. Shore, NY: Harcourt Brace, pp 17-23, 1992.

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"Pre-Columbian Images of Time: in The Ancient Americas: Art from Sacred Landscapes, ed. R. Townsend, Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, pp 49-69, 1992.

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"Mystery on the Desert: The Lines of Nazca" in Mysteries of Mankind, ed. G. Stuart, Washington, DC: National Geographic Society, pp 134-155, 1992.

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"Moctezuma's Sky: Aztec Astronomy & Ritual" in Moctezuma's Mexico: Visions of the Aztec World, ed. D. Carrasco & E. Matos Moctezuma, Niwot, U. Press of Colorado, pp 149-158, 1992.

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"The Technical Background for Archaeoastronomical Field Studies" with H. Hartung, Cuadernos de Arquitectura Mesoamericana, 19, pp 53-58, 1992.

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"Semblanza de Horst Hartung", Cuadernos de Arquitectura Mesoamericana, 19, pp 88-89, 1992. "Marking Time" in The Sky in Mayan Literature, ed. A. Aveni, Oxford: O.U.P., pp 3-17, 1992.

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"The Moon and the Venus Table: An Example of Commenseuration in the Maya Calendar: in The Sky in Mayan Literature, ed. A. Aveni, Oxford: O.U.P., pp 87-101, 1992.

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"Nobody Asked but I Couldn't Resist: A Response to Keith Kintigh on Archaeoastronomy and Archaeology", Archast & Ethnoast News, #6, pp 1-4, 1992.

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"On Seeing the Light: A Reply to Here Comes the Sun by Dearborn & Schreiber", Archaeoastronomy X 22-24 1987-8 (1992).

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"Mediators in a Universal Discourse", Archaeology, July-August, p 31, 1993. 

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"Archaeoastronomy in the Americas Since Oxford 2 in Archaeoastronomy i 1990's ed., C.L.N. Ruggles, Loughborough, UK, Group D Publ., pp 15-32, 1993.

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"At the Crossroads of Astronomy and Archaeology: An Appraisal of Baudez/ Appraisal of Archaeoastronomy at Copn (and elsewhere)" with M. Closs and H. Hartung, Archast. XI: 108-113, 1993.

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"The Colgate Cuzco Ceque Symposium", with D. Dearborn Archaeoastronomy and Ethnoastronomy News 8, p.2, 1993.

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"Horst Hartung (1919-1990)", Eulogy, Archast. X1: 16-17, 1993.

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"Meaning in Native American Astronomy Texts" in Transforming Texts: Classical Images in New Contexts, ed. R. Metzger, Lewisburg, PA: Bucknell U Press; London & Toronto Associated U Press pp. 41-53, 1993.

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"Orientation and Etruscan Ritual," 74 pp. to Antiquity (accepted Oct. 1, 1993).

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"An Appraisal of Baudez' Appraisal of Archaeoastronomy at Copan (and Elsewhere)" Indiana 13, Berlin, pp. 87-95, 1993.

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"Archaeoastronomy" in Encyclopedia of Time ed. S1 Macey, NY: Garland pp. 26-35, 1994.

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"Monumental Inscriptions and the Observational Basis of Mayan Planetary Astronomy," co- authored with Lorren Hotaling, 35pp. to Archaeoastronomy no. 19 Journal for the History of Astronomy XXV S21-54, 1994.

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"Archaeoastronomical Work in the Canary Islands" (with J. Cuenca) El Museo Canario 49:29-51, 1994.

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"Orientazioni di Templi Etruschi" (with G. Romano) Rivista di Archeologia 18:57-69, 1994. "Emissaries to the Stars: The Astronomers of Ancient Maya", Mercury 24:15-18, 1995.

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"Frombork 1992: Where Worlds and Disciplines Collide" Review of Time and Astronomy at the Meeting of Two Worlds Archaeoastronomy No. 20 (JHA XXV): S74-S79, 1995.

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"The Maya Number of Time: Intervalic Time Reckoning in the Maya Codices, Part 1" (with P. Peterson, Colgate '94 and S. Morandi, Colgate '93) Archaeoastronomy No. 20 (JHA XXV): 1-54, 1995. 

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"The Maya Number of Time: Intervalic Time Reckoning in the Maya Codices, Part 2" (with P. Peterson, Colgate '94 and S. Morandi, Colgate '93) Archaeoastronomy No. 21 (JHA XXV): S1-32, 1995.

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“A Stairway to the Stars” Astronomy 25 (11): 92-97, 1996.

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“Eros in the Sky: Celestial Metaphors on the Love Theme - With Variations” in Kulturen des Eros: Herausgegeben von Detlev Clemens und Tilo Schabert, Munich, pp. 103-134, 1996.

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“Astronomical references in the throne inscription of the Palace of the Governor at Uxmal” Cambridge Archaeological Journal, v. 6, Oct. 1996:191-229.

Structure, Knowledge and Representation in the Andes Journal of the Steward Anthropological Society 24 No. 1-2, pp. 157-172, 1996.

“Nazca” an entry in Dictionary of Art v. 22, pp. 706-9 NY: Grove, 1996.

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“Astronomy in the Americas” in The Oxford Companion to Archaeology ed. (Fagan, B., C. Beck, G. Michaels, C. Scarre, N. Silberman NY: Oxford University Press, p. 66-69, 1996.

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“Dialog with the Firmament” Archaeology 51: 39-42, 1998.

(with J. Mizrachi) “The Geometry and Astronomy of Rujm-el-Hiri, a Megalithic Site in the Southern Levant” Journal of Field Archaeology 25(4): 475-496, 1998.

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“The Star of Bethlehem” Archaeology 51: 34-38, 1998.


“Time” in Critical terms for Religious Studies ed. M. Taylor, U. Chicago Press, pp. 314-333, 1998.

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“Astronomy in the Mexican Codex Borgia”. “Archaeoastronomy: Supplement to the Journal for the History of Astronomy” 24(Supplement to Vol. 30): S1-S20, 1999. 


(with Edward Calnek) “Astronomical Considerations in the Aztec Expression of History: Eclipse Data” Ancient Mesoamerica 10:87-98, 1999.

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“In Search of the Star of Bethlehem” Catholic Digest (December), pp. 6-10, 1999.

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“Mesoamerican and Andean Timekeeping and Calendars” in The Story of Time, ed. K. Lippincott, London: Merrell and Holberton, pp. 52-56, 1999. 

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“Theorien zu den Nasca-Linien” Exhibition Catalog of “Nasca”, ed. J. Rickenbach, Museum Reitberg, Zurich, pp. 109-142, 1999.

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“Y0K, Y0K, Y0K” A forum endpaper in Archaeology, Nov-Dec, p. 92, 1999. “How People Mark Time” dig, Dec-Jan, pp.29-31 (a magazine for children), 2000.

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“Out of Teotihuacan: Origin of the Celestial Canon in Mesoamerica” in Mesoamerica’s Classical Heritage: From Teotihuacan to the Aztecs, ed. D. Carrasco et al, Niwot: University Press of Colorado, pp. 253-268, 2000.

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“Solving the Mystery of the Nasca Lines” Archaeology 53(3): 26-35, 2000.

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“Temple Orientations in Magna Graecia and Sicily” (with G. Romano) Archaeoastronomy 25 (JHA xxxi)pp. S51-S57, 2000.

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“Tiempo, Astronomía y Ciudadlea del México Antiguo” Arqueología Mexicana, VII (41):22-25, 2000.

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“Top 10 Skeptics List Generates Controversy” Skeptical Inquirer (May- June), p. 62, 2000.

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“Venus isn’t a Supernova” Sky and Telescope (April), p.12, 2000.

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"Ancient Maya Documents Concerning the Movement of Mars" with V. & H. Bricker, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 98(4):2107-10, 2001 (This paper was highlighted in Science News)

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“Early Greek Astronomy in the Oral Tradition and the Search for Archaeological Correlates”, Journal of Astronomy in Culture xvi:83-97, 2001. (This publication was issued in 2002-3 and was also peer reviewed).

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"Eros am Himmel: Astronomische Metaphern des Liebesthemas" (German). In (ed. Detlev Clemens, Tilo Schabert, Hrsg) Kulturen des Eros, Wilhelm Fink Verlag, Munchen, pp. 103-134, 2001.

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"Is Harmony at the Heart of Things?" (all about math, music and calendars) Wilson Quarterly, Winter 2001: 54-65. Cited as one among some 100 essays in the book Best American Essays, edited by Stephen Jay Gould and Robert Atwan, 2002. 

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"La Scienza Nel Mondo Precolumbiano"(Italian). In Storia della Scienza, Vol 2, Section III, pp. 953-960, Rome, 2001. (served as editor of this section of the multi volume encyclopedia which will be translated into French, English and other languages).

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"Other Stars than Ours" (a piece on ancient Aztec skywatching), Natural History 110(3):66-72, 2001. (Cover Article)

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"Solving the Mystery of the Nasca Lines" Archaeology 01/02, Annual Editions, NY: McGraw Hill: 77-83, 2001.

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"Time, Number and History in the Maya World" Kronoscope 1, Journal for the Study of Time, 2001 (Journal of the International Society for the Study of Time).

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"Water, Mountain, Sky: The Evolution of Site Orientations in Southeastern Mesoamerica" Precious Greenstone, Precious Feather: In Chalchihuitl in Quetzalli Mesoamerican Studies in Honor of Doris Heyden ed. E. Quiñones Keber, Lancaster, CA: Labyrintos: 55-65, 2001.

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"Reaching for the Stars: Linda Schele's Contributions in Maya Astronomy", Heart of Creation, The Mesoamerican World and the Legacy of Linda Schele, edited by Andrea Stone, University of Alabama Press, pp. 13-20, 2002.

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“Archaeoastronomy in the Ancient Americas” , Journal of Archaeological Research 11(2):149- 191, 2003.

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“Maya Calendar Reform? Evidence from Orientations of Specialized Architectural Assemblages” , Latin American Antiquity 14(2): 159-178, 2003.

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“Präkolumbiancshe Zeitvorstellung”, Das Ordnen der Zeit ed. T. Schabert and M. Riedl (Konigghausen and Neumann): pp. 75-02, 2003.

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“Seeking the Sidereal: Observable Planetary Stations and the Maya Record” Journal for the History of Astronomy 34(2):145-161 (with V. and H. Bricker), 2003.

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“Research Methodologies and New Approaches to Interpreting the Madrid Codex” in The Madrid Codex: New Approaches to Understanding an Ancient Maya Manuscript, ed. Gabrielle Vail and Anthony Aveni. Boulder: University Press of Colorado, pp. 1-29, 2004.

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“Maya Calendars and Dates: Interpreting the Calendrical Structure of Maya Almanacs” in The Madrid Codex: New Approaches to Understanding an Ancient Maya Manuscript, ed. Gabrielle Vail and Anthony Aveni. Boulder: University Press of Colorado, pp. 131-146, 2004. 

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“Intervallic Structure and Cognate Almanacs in the Madrid and Dresden Codices” in The Madrid Codex: New Approaches to Understanding an Ancient Maya Manuscript, ed. Gabrielle Vail and Anthony Aveni. Boulder: University Press of Colorado, pp. 147-170, 2004.

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“Chichen Itza’s Legacy in the Astronomically Oriented Architecture of Mayapán” RES 45: 123- 143 (with Susan Milbrath and Carlos Peraza), 2004.

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“Zapotec Astronomy: Reconsideration of an Earlier Study”Journal of Astronomy in Culture XVIII: 26-31, 2004.

Astrology and Astronomy” in The Seventy Great Inventions of the Ancient World (ed. B. Fagan), London: Thames and Hudson, pp. 235-237, 2004.

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“Calendars and the Measurement of Time” inThe Seventy Great Inventions of the Ancient World (ed. B. Fagan), London: Thames and Hudson, pp. 239-242, 2004.

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“Wheel of Time” in Premier (Conde Nast/Euro) Autumn, pp. 24-21, 2004.

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“The Star of Bethlehem” in Secrets of the Bible Heatherleigh, NY, pp. 66-70, 2004.

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“Dialog with the Firmament” in Secrets of the Bible Heatherleigh, NY, pp. 71-75, 2004.

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“Observations on the Pecked Designs and Other Figures Carved on the South Platform of the Pyramid of the Sun at Teotihuacan” Journal for the History of Astronomy XXXVI: 31-47, 2005.

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“The Sky in Mayan Literature: Recognizing the Contributions of Victoria and Harvey Bricker” in Human Mosaic 36, pp. 12-21, 2005.

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“How Was The Tyme Appointed?” in Colonial Williamsburg, Autumn, pp. 27-32, 2005.

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“An Assessment of Studies in Hopewell Astronomy” in The Fort Ancient Earthworks: Prehist. Lifeways of the Hopewell Culture in SW Ohio ed. R.P. Connolly and B. Lepper Columbus: OHS, pp. 243-57, 2005.

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“Sky Myths & Symbolism” in Encyclopedia of Religion (2nd ed.) ed. L. Jones. NY: Macmillian, 2005.

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“Astronomers and Stargazers” Colonial Williamsburg, Winter 2006: 56-61. 

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“Evidence and Intentionality: On Method in Archaeoastronomy”, in Viewing the Sky Through Past and Present Cultures (Proceedings of the Oxford VII conference on archaeoastronomy), ed. T. Bostwick, and B. Bates. Phoenix: City of Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department, pp. 57- 70, 2006.

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“Schaefer’s Rigid Ethnocentric Criteria”, in Viewing the Sky Through Past and Present Cultures, ed. T. Bostick, and B. Bates. Phoenix: City of Phoenix Parks and Recreation Department, pp. 79-83, 2006.

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“Nasca Desert Markings”, in Nasca Wonder of the World, Messages Etched on the Desert Floor, ed. I. Shimada, Tokyo: TBS (Japanese) (an exhibition catalog for the Tokyo Museum), pp. 155- 164, 2006.

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“The Templo Mayor in Sacred Space” In Arqueologia e Historia del Centro de Mexico ed. L. Lopez, D. Carrasco, & L. Cue. Mexico, Instituto Nacional de Antropologia e Historia, pp 305- 315, 2006.

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“Astronomy in Pre-Columbian & Latin America.” New Dictionary of the History of Ideas ed. M. Cline Horowitz. NY, Gale Group, 2006.

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“Once Around the Colonial Seasons” Colonial Williamsburg 28 (5), pp 20-26, 2006.

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“The Petroglyphs of Palpa, Peru: Documentation, Analysis, & Interpretation” Journal of Field Archeology 31, pp 333-336, 2006.

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“How was the Tyme Appointed?” In 1607 Jamestown & the New World., ed. D. Montgomery. Williamsburg, Colonial Williamsburg Foundation, pp 178-184, 2007.

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“Calendar, Chronology and Cosmology in the Mapa de Cuauhtinchan No. 2”. In Cave City, and Eagle’s Nest: An Interpretive Journey through the Mapa De Cuauhtinchan No. 2, ed D. Carrasco and S. Sessions, Albuquerque, University of N. Mexico Press, pp. 147-158, 2007.

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“Bringing the Sky Down to Earth” History Today. June, pp 14-21, 2008.

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“The Noble Savage Then and Now” Colonial Williamsburg 30(3): 26-31, 2008.

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“An Artists Intuition (Review of Proust Was a Neuroscientist)” Wilson Quarterly Winter 2008, pp. 103-4.

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“Preface” in Foundations of New World Cultural Astronomy: A Reader with Commentary. ed. A. Aveni. Boulder University Press of Colorado, pp xi-xii, 2008. 

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“The Unwritten Record” in Foundations of New World Cultural Astronomy: A Reader with Commentary. ed. A. Aveni. Boulder University Press of Colorado, pp 1-11, 2008.

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“Establishing a Method and a Paradigm” in Foundations of New World Cultural Astronomy: A Reader with Commentary. ed. A. Aveni. Boulder University Press of Colorado, pp 13-18, 2008.

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“Acquiring Cultural Context” in Foundations of New World Cultural Astronomy: A Reader with Commentary. ed. A. Aveni. Boulder University Press of Colorado, pp 71-76, 2008.

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“The Role of Ethnoastronomy” in Foundations of New World Cultural Astronomy: A Reader with Commentary. ed. A. Aveni. Boulder University Press of Colorado, pp 395-398, 2008.

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“The Classic Maya: A Testing Ground for Precise Astronomy in the Written Record” in Foundations of New World Cultural Astronomy: A Reader with Commentary. ed. A. Aveni. Boulder University Press of Colorado, pp 503-508, 2008.

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“Cultural Astronomy’s Greatest Mysteries” in Foundations of New World Cultural Astronomy: A Reader with Commentary. ed. A. Aveni. Boulder University Press of Colorado, pp 617-620, 2008.

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“The Present and Future of Cultural Astronomy” in Foundations of New World Cultural Astronomy: A Reader with Commentary. ed. A. Aveni. Boulder University Press of Colorado, pp. 721-724, 2008.

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“El Codice Madrid: Un Viejo Documento Revela Nuevos Secretos” (with Gabrielle Vail) Arqueologia Mexicana 16 (93), pp 74-81, 2008.

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“Celestial Expressions from the Mesoamerican Tropics” in Die Tropen (The Tropics: Views from the Middle of the Globe) German/English. Ed. A Hug, P. Junge, and V. Konig. Berlin: Grathel-Institut, pp 269-277, 2008.

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“Calendars, Cosmologies, and the Unwritten Record in Ancient America” in An Enquiring Mind: Studies in Honor of Alexander Marshack, ed. P.G. Bahn, Oxford: Oxbow, pp. 7-24, 2009.

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“Cosmology and Cultural Landscape: The Late Postclassic Maya of North Yucatan” in Astronomers, Scribes, and Priests: Intellectual Exchange Between the Northern Maya Lowlands and Highland Mexico in the Late Postclassic Period, ed. G. Vail and C. Hernandez, Washington: Dumbarton Oaks Center for Precolumbian Studies, pp. 115-132, 2010.

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“Las Profecías Mayas de 2012” Arquelogía Mexicana 17: 52-57, 2010. 

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“The Indian Origins of Lacrosse” Colonial Williamsburg 32(1): 54-60, 2010. “Much Ado About 2-0-1-2” The Colgate International III(1), pp. 26-30, 2010.

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“The Measure of Time in Mesoamerica: From Teotihuacan to the Maya” in The Archaeology of Measurement: Comprehending Heaven, Earth, and Time in Ancient Societies, edited by Iain Morley and Colin Renfrew, McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research, pp. 306-320, 2010.

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“Calendario, Cronología y Cosmología el Mapa de Cuauhtinchan, num. 2” in Cueva, ciudad y nido de âguilla: una travesía interpretative por el Mapa de Cuauhtinchan num. 2, ed. D. Carrasco and S. Sessions, Puebla, Mexico: Museo Amparo, pp. 147-158, 2011.

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“Maya Numerology” Cambridge Archaeological Journal 21 (2), pp. 187-216, 2011. “Is 2012 the Maya End?” Calliope 21(7), pp. 16-20, 2011.

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“Mesoamerican Calendars and Archaeoastronomy” Oxford Handbook, ed. D. Nichols and C. Poole. Oxford: Oxford University Press, (Ch. 59) pp. 787-794 (peer-reviewed), 2012.

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“Ancient Maya Astronomical Tables from Xultun, Guatemala” (with W. Saturno, D. Stuart, and F. Rossi. Science 336 (6082): 714-717 (peer-reviewed), 2012.

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“Nick at Night: Cosmic Aspects of Topiltzin-Quetzalcoatl” In Fanning the Sacred Flame Mesoamerican Studies in Honor of H.B. Nicholson, ed. M. Boxt and B. Dillon. Boulder: University Press of Colorado, pp. 327-331, 2012.

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“Why Maya 2012 Fascinates Us” Expedition (University of Penn Museum) 54(1):7-11, 2012.

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“The Indian Origins of Lacrosse” Colonial Williamsburg 32(1), pp. 54-63. 2012.

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“On Serendipity and Science” The Colgate Scene (Summer 2012, p. 12).

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“Astronomical Implications of Maya Hieroglyphic Notations at Xultun” Journal for the History of Astronomy 44(1), 1-16 (2013).

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“Los Vecinos del Preclásico en Xochitécatl y la Institucionalización de la Religion” (with David Carballo) Arqueologia Mexicana 19 (117), 52-57 (2013).

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“Why Virginia Wasn’t Spanish” Colonial Williamsburg XXXV (2), 36-43 (2013) (selected for posting on the history.org website)

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“Seeing America First” Colonial Williamsburg XXXV (3), 64-71 (2013).

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“Deciphering the Handwriting on the Wall: Some Astronomical Interpretations of the Recent Discoveries at Xultun, Guatemala” with V. Bricker and H. Bricker Latin American Antiquity 25(2), pp. 152-169 (2014).

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“Alternative Functions of Distance Numbers in Maya Calendrical Texts: Codices and Monuments” PARI Journal 15(1), pp. 11-24 (2014).

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“Timely Themes: An Introduction to the Measure and Meaning of Time in Mesoamerica and the Andes”, In A. Aveni (ed.) The Measure and Meaning of Time in Mesoamerica and the Andes. Washington: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, pp. 1-8 (2015).

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“Understanding Time, Space, and Social Organization in the Inca Ceque System of Cuzco” In A. Aveni (ed.) The Measure and Meaning of Time in Mesoamerica and the Andes. Washington: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, pp. 105-118 (2015).

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“An Overview of the Measure and Meaning of Time in Mesoamerica and the Andes” In A. Aveni (ed.) The Measure and Meaning of Time in Mesoamerica and the Andes. Washington: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, pp. 289-296 (2015).

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“Colonial Superstitions” Colonial Williamsburg Journal 37(1), pp. 46-50 (2015).

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“Maya Books and Buildings at Baktun’s End” In Cosmology, Calendars, and Horizon-Based Astronomy in Ancient Mesoamerica, ed. A. Dowd and S. Milbrath. University Press of Colorado, pp. 353-362 (2015). 

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Selected Notes, Abstracts, and Reviews

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"Note on the Construction of a Cross-Staff from a Meter Stick", American Journal of Physics 33, 165, 1965.

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"The BM Andromedae Complex: An Example of Star Formation in an Isolated Region" (with J.H. Hunter), Astron. J. 73, S86, 1968 (abs.).

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"Isolated Star Formation", Invited Paper at the 16th International Colloquium on Astrophysics at the University of Liege, Belgium, July 1969 (abs.).

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"New Results Concerning Isolated Condensations", Paper presented at the 135th Meeting of Am. Ast. Soc., in Bull. A.A.S., University of Massachusetts, 1971 (abs.).

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"Archaeoastronomy in Pre-Columbian America" Archaeology 27, 55-57, 1974.

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"Star Formation in Isolated Condensations: The Observational Picture", Publ. Fla. Academy of Sciences, 1975.

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"Star Wars", The Sciences 17, pp.25-27, 1977 (review).

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"A Marshalling of Arguments", Invited Review of Scientists Confront Velikovsky, Science 199, 288-289, 1978.

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Invited Comments on "Agreeing to Disagree", Current Anthropology 19 (3), 600, 1978.

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"Ancient Vermont" A Review for Archaeoastronomy 2, 19-21, 1979.

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Review: Stover & Kraig's Stonehenge: The Indo-European Heritage, to Archaeology, March 1980. Archaeology: 64-65, 1980, July-Aug.

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Commentary on "The Lines of Nazca: A New Theory and Approach by G. von Breunig", Interciencia 5, 269, 1980.

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"America B.C., Saga America, and the Search for Lost America" (Review), Archaeoastronomy Bull. 3, 34-36, 1981.

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"Note on the Orientation of Buildings at Various Sties on the Coast of Peru", Willay No.8, 1981, Princeton U. Newsletter (with G. Urton).

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Invited Commentary on Ellegard's "Stone Age Science in Britain", Current Anthropology 22, 114, 1981. 

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Reply to Rowe's Comments on "Archaeoastronomy in Mesoamerica and Peru", Latin America Research Review 16 (3), 163-166, 1981.

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"Archaeoastronomy" Entry in World Book Encyclopedia (Childcraft: Chicago).

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Review: At the Crossroads of the Earth and the Sky: Andean Cosmology, 1982 Archaeology (July- August, pp.75-81).

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"Get Off Your Kid's Back", Newsweek (On Campus), Nov. 7, 1982.


Review: Archaeoastronomy in the Old World, American Scientist 71, 188, 1983.

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"Note on the Discovery of Two Pecked Cross Petroglyphs in Mexico", Archaeoastronomy Bulletin, Vol. 3: 21-23, 1983 (with H. Hartung).

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Comment on "Maya Prediction of Eclipses" by Bricker & Bricker, Current Anthropology 24, 18-19, 1983.

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Review: "Is There an American Stonehenge?" Archaeology 37, No.4, pp.79-81, 1984.


Review: “Echoes of the Ancient Skies” Sky & Telescope 67, pp.234-237, 1984.


Review: “Echoes of the Ancient Skies”, Journal for the History of Astronomy, 1984.


Review: “Echoes of the Ancient Skies” Archaeology 37, No.3, p.67, 1984.

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Review: “When Stars Came Down to Earth”, Am. Ethnologist 10: 610-611, 1984.

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Comments on Roberta Hall's "Classroom Climate: Tip of the Iceberg", Invited, To Am. Assoc. of Higher Education Bulletin.

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Review: “Stonehenge Complete”, Icarus, 1984.


Review: Mindsteps to the Cosmos, Am. Scientist, 1984

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Remarks to Panel on the State of the Art in Ethnoastronomical Studies in the Americas, In Proc. Conf. Ethnoast. in the Americas, Smithsonian Press, 1984

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Comments on Chuta: El espacio de la practica social en Pacariqtambo, Peru. In Revista Andina (Peru) 2, No.1, pp.48-50, 1984. 

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Commentary of the Chaco Phenomena Conference in Proc. Chaco Phenomena, 1984.

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Review: D.E. Ibarra Grasso's "Ciencia Astronoma y Sociologica Incaica, Historia Boliviana III/2, 316-318, 1984.

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Film Review: "The Sun Dagger", by Michael Bober, Archaeology 38, No.2, p.72, 1985.

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Invited Commentary: "A Note on the Pecked Cross Symbol by Ruggles and Saunders" to Archaeaoastronomy, Supplement to the J.H.A., 1985.

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Review of Time & the Highland Maya, by B. Tedlock, Archaeoast. VI: 161-163, 1985.

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Review of La Geometrizacion de la Tierra, by A. Lafuente & A. Delgado, for J. Hist. Astr., 1985.

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La Geometrazacion de la Tierra: Observaciones y Resultados de la Expedicion Geodesica Hispano- Francesca al Virreinato del Peru (1735-1744), by A. LaFuente & A. Delgado, Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas, Inst. Arnau de Villanosa, Madrid (1984), Journal for the History of Astronomy, xviii, pp.64-65, 1987.

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"Back to the Drawing Board", Review of Lines to the Mountain Gods, E. Hadingham and Mystery of the Nazca Lines, T. Morrison, Nature 330, pp.278-279, 1987.

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Review of Lines to the Mountain Gods: Nazca & the Mysteries of Peru, by E. Hadingham, Antiquity 61, No.233, 497-499, 1987.

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Sherrod and Rolingson's "Surveyors of the Ancient Mississippi Valley", Archast. Suppl JHA, No 14, Suppl. to Vol. 20, pp. S150-2, 1989.

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B. Tedlock's Time and the Highland Maya in Times News (SST), U. Colorado: Denver, No. 17, pp. 17-18, 1989.

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Essay Review: Time and Calendars in the Inca Empire, by M. Ziolkowski & R. Sadowski, Archaeoastronomy No. 17 JHA xxiii, 1992, pp S68-73.

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Book Review: Is Anyone Out There? by F. Drake & D. Sobel, New York Times Review of Books, Sunday, October 11, 1992.

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Review: "Orion y la Mujer Pléyades Simbolismo astronomico de los Indios Kaliña de Surinam (Magaña), Jour Amer Folklore 105, pp 111-112, 1992. 

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Review: R.D Drake's "Keep Your Ear on the Stars", Is Anyone Out There? New York Times 11,p 18, 1992.

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Review: T.D Worthens "The Myth of Replacement", Isis 84: 133, 1993.


Review: Grahame Clark's "Space Time and Man: A Prehistorians View", Isis 95: 18-19, 1993.

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Review: Earth and Sky: Visions of the Cosmos in Native American Folklore, Ethnohistory, 40(2) 327-29, 1994.

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Review: Time and the Highland Maya by B. Tedlock (2nd ed.) Archaeoastronomy, Supplement to J.H.A. No. 11, Supp. 25, pp. S83-85, 1994.

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Review: "Scientific Habits of Mind”, H. Margolis Paradigms and Barriers", American Anthropologist, 96: 15-17, 1994.

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Review: Maya Cosmos Am. Anthropology 98(1) pp. 22-4, 1996.


Review: John North's Stonehenge: Neolithic Man and the Cosmos, Nature v. 383, p. 403m, 1996.

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Review: Alan Dressler's Voyage to the Great Attractor Exploring Intergalactic Space, Natural History, 1996.

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Review: Brian S. Bauer and David S. P. Dearborn's Astronomy and Empire in the Ancient Andes: The Cultural Origins of Inca Sky Watching, for Archaeoastronomy, Supplement to the Journal for the History of Astronomy, 1996.

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Review: Vincent H. Malmström's Cycles of the Sun, Mysteries of the Moon: The Calendar in Mesoamerican Civilization, Journal of Anthropological Research, 1996.

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Review: Lindsay Jones' Twin City Tales: A Hermenentical Reassessment of Tula and Chichén Itzá. in History of Religions: An International Journal for Comparative Historical Studies American Antiquity, 1996.

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Review: V. & H. Brickers' Commentary on the Maya Zodiac in Cambridge Archaeological Journal, 1996.

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Review Astronomy and Empire in the Ancient Andes. Journal of Anthropological Review 5L:381-2, 1996.

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Review: Stonehenge: “Neolithic Man and the Cosmos,” Nature 1996 383, pp. 403-4, 1996.

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Review: Brian S. Bauer and David S.P. Dearborn, Astronomy and Empire in the Ancient Andes: The Cultural Origins of Inca Sky Watching” Austin: University of Texas Press, 208, 1996.

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Review Cycles of the Sun, Mysteries of the Moon, by V. Malmström. Journal of Anthropological Search 54:125-7, 1998.

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Review: L. Jones’: Twin City Tales. History of Religions, (3): 320-322, 1998.

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Review: E. Pasztory’s: Teotihuacan, an Experiment in Living, Colonial Latin American Review, 7(2): 290-292, 1998.

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Review: E.C. Krupp’s: Skywatchers, Shamans and Kings, Odyssey, (Sep/Oct): 52, 1999.


Review: Brian Fagan’s From Black Land to the Fifth Sun, Isis, 90(2): 357-8, 1999.


Review: FASTER, by James Gleick” Wilson Quarterly, (Autumn), p. 120, 1999. Review: E.G. Richards Mapping Time, 2001.


Review: S. Milbrath, Star Gods of the Maya. Mesoamerica 43:143-145, 2002.


Review: “Mysteries of the Hopewell” American Anthropologist 105(3) 670, 2003.


Review: “Sticks, Stones and Shadows” Journal of Anthropological Research 58(561), 2003.


Review: P. Rice, “Maya Calendar Origins” Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Anthropology 13 (2), pp 447-510, 2008.


Review: “Maya Calendar Origins” Journal of Latin American Anthropology 13(2): 1-3, 2008.


Review: E. Lankford, “North American Constellation Myths” Journal for the History of Astronomy 40 (1), pp 124-125, 2009.


Review: Prem, Hanns J. Manual de la Antiguq Cronologia Mexicana” Zeitschrift für Ethnologie 34: 289-290, 2009.


Review: “Ancient Astronomy: An Encyclopedia of Cosmologies and Myth” Archaeoastronomy, the Journal of Astronomy in Culture XXI: 110-112, 2010.

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Review: “Maya Daykeeping: Three Calendars from Highland Guatemala” Museum Anthropology 34, pp. 176-178, 2011. 


Review: “Astronomy and Civilization” Journal for the History of Astronomy 42, pp. 421-2, 2011.


Review: “The Power of Stars” Journal for the History of Astronomy, 2011. Review: “Astrology” Time and Mind 3(3), pp. 343-6, 2011.


Review of John E. Staller and Brian Stross, Lightning in the Andes and Mesoamerica: Pre- Columbian, Colonial, and Contemporary Perspectives. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013, 278 pp., in Anthropological Quarterly, Vol. 86, No. 4, pp. 1147-1152. 

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“Skyscapes: The Role and Importance of the Sky in Archaeology”  9(2), 169-70, 2016.


“Astronomy and Ceremony in the Prehistoric Southwest Revisited” tribalcollegejournal.org/archives/31490, 2016.


“Intellectual and Spiritual Expression of Non-Literate Peoples: Proceedings of the XVII UISPP World Congress; Stars and Stones: Voyages in Archaeoastronomy and Cultural Astronomy”  (on-line), 2017.


Review of “Astronomers as Oracular Technicians in the Pre-Columbian Andes” 49(3):393-395, 2018.

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